Truck or transporting device



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llhllTE STATES i GEORGE ELLIS SMOUS'E, OF WASHINGTON, DSTRICT 0FCOLUMBIA..

TRUCK OR TRANSORTING DEVICE.

.Application filed February 27, 1926. Serial No. 91,093.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in trucks or transportingdevices and has particular reference to such trucks as are adaptedv foruse in transporting type forms from one table or support to another.

' One object of the present invention is to provide simple and eliicient`means whereby the receiving or supporting member of the devices mayreadily be raised or lowered and maintained in a position substantiallyparallel with the plane of the top of the frame or body of the truck.

`With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset lforth and pointed out in the claims.

ln .the accompanying drawings;

Figure l is aview in elevation of a truck or carrier illustrating anembodiment `of my invention, and showing the vertically movable table orplatform in its raised position;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view (partly broken away) .showingpositions assumed by the part-s when the table 'orl platform is inlowered position;

Figure 3 is a plan view, the table or platform being removed;

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged views showing certain details, and

Figure 6 is a view of a modification.

The frame or body of the truck may comprise upper and lower side bars l,2, end bars 3, 3 and uprights 4. rlhe side and end bars l-3 may beunited by permanent corner couplings 5, and with these couplings, thelegs or upright 4 are connected; said legs or uprights being alsoconnect-ed with the lower side bars 2, through the medium of couplings6. Suitable castors 'l' may be provided at the lower ends of the legs oruprights 4. s

Brackets 8 are located on the side bars l adjacent respective endsthereof and provide mountings for the lend portions of transverse shaftsor bars 9,9. 0n these shafts, the end portions of the parallel arms 0fbail levers l0 are mounted and said bail lever arms may be secured bymeans of set screws l1. Levers l2 are also mounted between their ends onthe shafts 9 adjacent the connection of the bail lever arms thereto andmay be secured to said shafts by set screws 13. The levers l2 areprovided each with a linger 14 and these lingers may be provided withrollers 14a to engage lugs or feet I 'l5` which depend from a table orplatform 16 disposed over the frame or body of 'the truck. Each of thesefeet or legs may be provided with a plate 17 to be directly engaged bythe rollers of lever lingers 14. rlhese plates'may be held in place. bydowels 18 and one ormore washers 19 may be placed between `said platesand the lower ends of the feet or legs l5 to effect adjustment of thelength ofthe latter. l2 is also provided with a toe 20 below themounting of the lever on shaft 9, and the toes 2() project laterally sothat their free end portions will be ydisposed under the Each of thelevers parallel arms of the bail lever, in proximity to the connectionof said arms with the shaft 9. Screws 21 providedwith lock nuts 22, passthroughthe toes 20 and engage the adjacent bail lever arms. In thismanner, there is provided an adjustable operative connection between thebail levers and the levers l2 for causingthe latter to effect theraising or lowering of the table or platform when the bail levers areoperated.

Y In` order to insure proper operation of the levers to effect the evenvertical movements of the table or platform 16, l provide linkconnections between the two bail levers l0, 10. In the embodiment of theinvention shown in Figures l to 4 inclusive,

the adjacent arms of the respective levers l()k (near each side of thetruck) are connected by pivoted links 23, 24, these links beingpivotally connected at their outer ends with arms of the respectivelevers l0, and mounted at their inner ends on a bolt`25. The boss 26 onthe link 23 is freely mounted on the bolt, but the boss 2'? on the link24 may be interiorly threaded to engage a threaded portion 28 on thebolt. A nut 29 is providedV on one end 4of the boltV 25v and, near theother end of said bolt, a collar or head 30 maybelocated to provide anabutment for the boss 26, while a spacer "3l may be disposed between-thetwo bosses 26 and 27'. Each bolt 25 extends at one end beyond the collaror head 30, and has mounted thereon, a roller 32. The rollers 32 on therespective bolts 25 ride in vertical guideways provided by channel irons33, each secured at its upper end 'to an upper side bar l of the frameand at its lower end to a lower side bar 2 of the frame, and saidvertical guideways 0r channel irons are located midway between the endsof the frame. Each bolt 25 may be formed at the end on which the rolleris mounted, to receive a screw-driver or other tool, and the adjacentchannel iron 33 may be provided with an opening 33y to acilitate theapplication of the tool to the olt.

In the embodimentof the invention shown in Figure 6, a single link 34:is employed between each pair of adjacent arms of the respective levers.'Io facilitate the attachment` of such link, brackets 85., 85 aresecured to adjacent` arms of respective levers l0 and provided with lugs.36 to which respective ends of the link 34 are connected.

It is desirable that means be provided to restrain the descent of thetable or platform 16, and for this purpose, braking devices may beemployed, and in the drawings is shown one embodiment of such brakingdevices. Brake wheels 3.7 are secured (preterably by set screws 37a) tothe respective shafts 9 and a brake band 38 extends from one of thesebrake wheels to the other. The end port-ions of the brakeV band embracethe respective brake wheels, and to the eXtremities of said band, rods39 are connected and pass through holes in the band, said rods beingthreaded to receive nuts 4,0, between which latterand the band, springs4l are located. i

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by LettersPatent, is

l. In a transportingdevice of the character described, the combinationwith a truck frame and a vertically movable table, oi levers mounted insaid iframe, lever mem-` bers ulcrumed coincidently with said levers andcooperable with said levers and with the table to effect raising orlowering of the latter, and means to adjust the relation of said levermembers relatively to the levers and the table.

2. In a transporting device of the character described, the combinationwith atruck frame and a vertically movable table, of two leverstructures supported by the truck frame and cooper-able with the tableto effect raising and lowering of the same, and floating pivoted lin-kdevices connecting the two lever structures with each other midway theends thereof. l

3. In a transporting device of the character described, the combinationwith a truck frame and a vertically movable table, of two leverstructures supported by the truck frame and cooperable with the tabl-eto effect raising and lowering or the same, pivoted link' devicesconnecting the two lever structures with each other, rollers carried bysaid link devices, and vertical guides for said rollers secured to thetruck frame.

4. In transporting devices of the character described, the combinationwith a truck frame and a vertically movable table, oit two bail leverssupported by said iframe, operative connections between said levers andthe table, pairs of pivotally connected links pivotally connected witharms of the respective bail levers, a roller connected with each pair of'pivoted links in line with the pivotal connection between the links,and vertical guides secured to the frame for the rollers.

5. In a transporting device of the character described, the combinationwith a truck trame and a vertically movable table, of two bail leverssupported by said iframe, lever members adjacent the arms of the baillevers and having toes projecting under the arms of the bail levers, aset screw passing through each toe and cooperable with the adjacent baillever arm, said lever members also having lingers cooperable with thetable, and link connections between the respective bail levers.

6. In a transporting device of the character described, the combinationwith a truck frame and a vertically movable table, of two leverstructures, lugs on the und-er side of the table, removable plates atthe lower ends of said lugs and carried thereby and positioned forcooperative relation with said lever structures, and floating linkdevices connecting the two lever structures between the ends thereof.

7. In a transporting device of the character described, the combinationwith a truck frameand a vertically movable table, of two bail leverssupported by the truck frame, connections between said levers and thetable, two pairs of links, pivotal connections between the outer axesci" the links of each pair and arms of the respective bai levers, a boltconnecting the inner ends of the links oit' each pair, rollers carriedby the respective bolts, and vertical guides secured to the truck frameand receiving said rollers.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed this specication.

GEORGE ELLIS SMQUSE.

